This tour is NOT done inside Manuel Antonio National Park
Person $69
12+ years
Deposit to book $29
Kids $0
0-11 years free
Plus taxes
Butterfly Exhibition & Medicinal Plants – Come join us in our butterfly garden & research lab and the Medicinal Plants, where you will see these amazing creatures around you in our garden, showing their beautiful colors and peculiar body parts, and will also learn about the use of medicinal plants in Costa Rica.
Our butterfly exhibition is home to over 20 different species of butterflies, which you will be able to observe on this guided tour.
While the garden hosts adult butterflies, the younger stages of the butterfly’s life cycle can be observed in our research lab, where we exhibit their eggs, larvae, and pupa. It is a unique learning experience, and at the end of this tour, you will be able to identify a particular butterfly, its family, and its species.
At Butterfly Exhibition & Medicinal Plants you will find a collection of medicinal plants and the forest trails contain plants that are used in traditional Costa Rican and world medicine. They are commonly planted or collected by the local people of the area.
At Biophilia, we also offer different programs apart from the Butterfly Exhibition & Medicinal Plants tour, including an environmental education program, volunteering program, and research program, and we’d love to tell you more during your visit!
** PLEASE NOTE:
– Transportation from Jacó, Uvita, Dominical, Parrita is NOT included but can be added for an additional extra fee.
Final balance is due 48 hours prior your tour date.
Duration of the tour: 3 hours
Schedule: 8am / 10am / 2pm
We learned so much about many medical plants and their usage.
Hope the guide Beatriz, will write a book some day. Butterflies were beautiful and we saw many different kinds in all stages of development.
I HiGHLY recommend the tour
This tour was very interesting for multiple reasons , Dagoberto is very nice and loves to talk about plants helpful for diabetes! ; he also loves Stevia plants. Learned about butterflies in a very peaceful garden setting, I was very happy when Dagoberto helped a butterfly, adding an extra star just for this. Thank you Dagoberto!
** Please note despite the name Manual Antonio Park , this tour is NOT associated with the park , and is a 20 minute taxi ride out of town. Suggest organising a taxi driver to take you there and collect you on way back as not sure what cell signal is like there!
My friend and I went on an amazing tour with Beatriz. She was extremely knowledgeable and passionate and catered the tour to our interests specifically my interest in the culinary and medical uses of plants. It poured during our time at biophila but Beatriz remained very personable and upbeat. We had an amazing time! We would highly recommend this tour!
I was really impressed by the level of detail our guide went into about the plants and butterflies. I left with lots of notes and info the research further. Thanks Beatriz and Biophilia!
Very informative
Dagoberto, was our guide and we had a wonderful experience. He was very educated and patient. This is a great tour for all ages. If you need a day to relax and still get out this tour is for you.
A must on your list in Manuel Antonio. Our guide, Beatriz, was incredible. We learned so much. We took the butterfly and medicinal plants tour and time flew so quickly. We were truly inspired by the work done by José and his team.
It was such a wonderful experience learning about both the butterflies and medicinal plants as well. Jose and Beatriz are clearly very passionate about what they do and have inspired me to add to my garden as well.
The buterfy tour was amazing and we definatly recommend it. The guide Mile was very attentive and had a lot of knowledge to share. It was a really positive experience.
The butterfly exhibit was an absolutely wonderful experience to be apart of! The research they’re doing is fascinating and it was so wonderful to learn so much about such beautiful creatures.
The guide, Mile, was very passionate and knowledgeable and was very patient in teaching us about the different species of butterflies and their natural habitats, and life-cycles. We learned a lot about butterflies and their role in the ecosystem. We also met with the head scientist Jose who told us about the amazing research and outreach efforts. Truly, a wonderful global initiative at Biophilia.
es un lugar espectacular, se encuantra en un área boscosa, entre árboles, y cerca de la playa.
el lugar es espectacular, los conocimientos de los encargados es amplio, te explican a fondo los detalles, desde el inicio y hasta la muerte de las mariposas, su alimentación, reproducción, en fin es un excelente lugar !!!!!!!!
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